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quent change in the ownership of es- 

 tates, that most proprietors are indis- 

 posed to plant for posterity; conse- 

 quently we sec but few grounds laid 

 out with a view to permanent improve- 

 ment. Those who plant are anxious 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. Four species. 

 Hardy trees, raised like the Arbutus. 



ARCTOTHKCA. Two species. 

 Green-house herbaceous. Division. 

 Loam and peat. 



ARCTOTIS. Thirty-one species. 



themselves to reap the fruits of their Chiefly green-house evergreens. A.vir 

 exertions, not knowing, and conse- 

 quently careless, who shall succeed 

 them — where landed property is, by 

 entail, transmitted from generation to 

 generation, family pride, and the love 

 of distinction, ensure every improve- 

 ment being made in a permanent form 

 — thus have been created the magnifi- 

 cent parks of Europeans, and their 

 stately mansions. Our American sys- 

 tem deprives us of such monuments of 

 taste — but we can bear the deprivation, 

 seeing the greater good produced there- 

 by. 



ARBOUR is a seat shaded by trees. 

 Sometimes these are trained over a 

 wooden or iron trellis-work, mingled 

 with the everlasting sweet pea, clema- 

 tis, and other climbing odorous plants. 

 When the trellis-work is complicated 

 and the structure more elaborate, with 

 a preponderance of the climbers al- 

 ready named, together with the honey- 

 suckle, &c., they are described as 

 French or Italian arbours. 



ARBOR VIT^, Thuja. 



ARBUTUS, Strawberry tree. Four- 

 teen species, and a few varieties. Ever- 



ata is a hardy annual. 

 " ARCUxVTlON. The same as Layer- 

 ing. 



ARDISIA. Twenty-five species. 

 Stove or green-house evergreen shrubs. 

 An ornamental genus of plants much 

 valued by collectors for the beauty of 

 their foliage and berries. They are of 

 easy culture. Cuttings of branches or 

 roots. Loam and peat. 



ARDUINA hispinosa. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



ARECA. Ten species. Stove palms. 

 Seeds. Sandy loam. 



AREMONIA agrimonoides. Hardy 

 herbaceous. Division. Common soil. 



ARETHUSA. Two species. Ten- 

 der orchids. Division. Moist peat and 

 loam. 



ARETIA. Five species. Hardy 

 herbaceous. Division. Sandy loam 

 and peat. 



ARGANIA syderoiylon Stove ever- 

 green tree. Layers or cuttings. Com- 

 mon soil. 



ARGEMONE. Five species. Hardy 

 plants. Suckers. Common soil. 



ARGYREIA. Eight species. Stove 



green shrubs, chiefly hardy in Great ! evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Light 



Britain, but require shelter in the Mid 

 die States. Layers, budding, inarch- 

 ing, and seed. Loam and peat. 



ARCHANGEL, Lamium. 



ARCHITECTURE. Rural architect- 

 ure has been greatly improved within the 

 last quarter of a century. Much greater 



rich soil 



ARISTEA. Five species. Green- 

 house herbaceous. Seed or division. 

 Loam and peat. 



ARISTOLOCniA. Thirty-six species. 

 Hardy, green-house and stove. Seve- 

 ral species are Americans. A. labiosa. 



attention is now paid to the structure of from Brazil, is a very curious plant, 



garden and farm buildings, and the do- A. serpentaria (the root of) is said to 



mestic comfort of those employed in be the substance which the Egyptian 



rural labour. There is of consequence Snake-jugglers chew for the purpose of 



an elevation of taste, and conduct, and stiipifying the snakes, by the introduc- 



beneficial results to all concerned. In tion of their salrva into the reptiles' 



England, Loudon has laboured to this mouths. Cuttings. Rich sandy loam 



end with great success, and his Ency- and peat. 



clopadia of Villa and Cottage Architec- j ARISTOTELIA macqui. Hardy 



<ure, is a monument to his industry and evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Common 



indomitable energy. Downing, in this soil. 



country, has followed the path so ARMENIACA. Four species. Hardy 



plainly marked by Loudon, and pro- fruit trees. Budding on plum-stocks, 



duced a volume, which cannot but re- Rich loam. See Apricot. 



fine the taste, and correct much that ARMERIA. Nineteen species, 



ofl'ends the eye. 1 Hardy herbaceous, except A. fascicu- 



